Just be grateful. It is simple.

If you played a drinking game with this word this week you would find yourself sufficiently drunk. But actually being grateful means more than that. This week reflect on the things that you are grateful for.

Big G little ratefu big L. I try to be grateful which looks like a big G in the beginning. I become complacent. Then I am reminded of all I have and end with a big L. It is not something you can just be once. You have to work at it.

It is not smooth. It is not straight forward. It is not always easy.

Have you ever had someone say they are grateful, but…

Those people are not grateful. They greedy. Be grateful.

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Psalms 103:2

I spend much of my time thinking about what I want and need. It is time to focus on what I have and be grateful. Making the invisible, a little more visible.

Like a dancer, the amount of control you have determines how successful you are in life.

Seeing it helps you remember it. This month’s affirmation is self control. It is that thing that helps us create discipline and accomplish new things. Things we were created to do. Buy this and remind yourself Self Control Shirt

What reminds you to work on your self control?

Sometimes you don’t even recognize it, Self Control. We dress it up fancy to look like something else. It doesn’t need to be more than it is.